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The Macaw Project (documentary)

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More about their environment than the macaws themselves, but I still enjoyed these.

Synopsis...

A long-term scientific research project has been implemented in the Tambopata Research Center. Here in the Peruvian Amazon, biologists, veterinarians, and geneticists work tirelessly to study the enigmatic macaws in their natural habitat. The acquired knowledge helps them to maintain the species and protect this biodiversity hotspot from human intruders: the gold miners. However, scientific approach alone was not enough to protect the area. A clever, economic solution was needed, offering alternative incentives to local people to keep these forests standing: eco-tourism. The Macaw Project gives a glimpse to the everyday work of the researchers, while also explains cutting-edge techniques with novel findings in a comprehensible way. It reveals information about the tropical rainforest ecosystem based on hard scientific evidence. This scientific documentary presents a sustainable and internationally applicable model for biodiversity conservation, incorporating scientific research and eco-tourism with strong involvement of the local communities.

Synopsis...

After years of preparation, zoologist George Olah received a special permission from the Peruvian Government. Access was granted to the Holy Grail of parrot researchers: the Candamo Basin. Surrounded by the foothills of the Andes, this basin hosts one of the very few uninhabited tropical rainforest of the world. But doing serious scientific work in the Amazon is not an easy feat...
 
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